machamba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili mashamba (“farms, plots of land”), plural form of shamba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃɐ̃.ba/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈt͡ʃɐ̃.bɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧cham‧ba

Noun

machamba f (plural machambas)

1. (Mozambique) shamba (plot of cultivated land)